The government has been defeated on a vote at the Labour party conference – on whether to reverse its decision to end winter fuel payments for pensioners.
Sharon Graham, general secretary of the Unite Union, introduced the motion on the final morning of the conference in Liverpool.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/labour-conference-votes-to-reverse-cut-to-winter-fuel-allowance-in-embarrassing-blow-to-starmer-13221742
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@FrankNicholasDale
Your headline is misleading, click baiting, that’s how professional Sky News is. This is not unbiased,informative information , in my opinion!
@nemesis8626
People wouldnt begrudge Kier spending £20,000 on his sons accomodation for one and a half months??? For someone on minimum wage thats nearly a years earnings, where did he stay thats going to cost that much? A golden mansion in dubai? 😂
@punchabunch
£20,000 for 6 weeks accommodation … can't anyone one else see the corruption here ?
@rodtaylor7102
Worse labour government ever .rob the poor .kill pensioners.& it will..disgraceful party .wot a wicket move.im sure the hotels housing illegal boatMEN will be kept warm over the winter..
@JenniferClarke-v1h
What a sad country we've become , P.M. spent more money on a quiet retreat for his son to study than I get in 15 months pension. Ah well who cares ,well a union rep shows more concern . Thanks
@Lesattridge
What a brilliant lady a real champion for the pensioners what about other union leaders join unite and stop funding labour untll they do what they said look after our old bullshit starmer resign
@tommartin3291
Hopefully people realise that no matter what government is in charge they all lie
@SallyBransom
I'm lucky because my son will make sure that I will be ok this winter, but he has his own family to support ,besides, his late father and myself didn't bring him into this world so that he would be a crutch for me in my old age
@CasaMaryParadise
Sanity at last and I'm Dutch!
@MetalSamantha
Starmer out
@carljackson5259
Yeah, does it too busy? Pennies his own party people everything he bothered about anybody else’s as long as he’s not
@garyjones626
Starmer is a millionaire so he don’t need to take handouts . That must have been some accommodation 3 months for £20000
@robsin2810
Bribery and corruption is everywhere.
@kd359
Maybe starmer and the other cronies should be compelled to donate ALL donations and freeby kickbacks recieved to be Donated to the alledged " black hole". Along with reduction in tax kickbacks and increase in tax for the obscenely rich would disolve the alledged " black hole" much quicker than stealing from pensioners winter fuel subsidies.
@victoriatampling5049
The vote means nothing, he wasn't there to hear it and it will not change the decision.
@MrsRhianne1996
When a government does not listen then its a Dictatorship.
@steffanbull4671
never a word of government spending less
@MrsRhianne1996
They should listen. To the Unions. And Martin Lewis.
@barbaradonaldson7143
The only decent labour MP was the Rt Hon John Smith QC who unfortunately died in 1994.
@daviddenham1511
This disgusting guy won’t be PM by Xmas.
@matteoanderton4909
They are ALL sociopathic crooks who are in it for themselves! The colour of the tie is all that is different!
@barbaradonaldson7143
The final nail in Labour's coffin will be the October budget.
@DeeLee-p8c
This is bad news. Very bad news.
We were depending on those damb pensioners to do their bit for Britain. 😮
@goodluck-mx4qr
So if pensioners die of the cold, do Doctors put on the Death Certificate, killed by Labour or killed by the Government, they already told us when in opposition that the Tories were going to remove it and a Labour study says 4,000 would die of the cold if this money was removed, So is Sky news going to ask a Lawyer if those in Labour that voted for this be charged with Manslaughter or Premeditated Murder as they knew the outcome and they know that this will cause death in the elderly. So labour said they need to make tough choices and it seems the deaths of some pensioners is the first tough choice.
@chosen-j1i
But there ok with 18yr olds having a sex change…. And the rest………….
@cupra2Jock.
Most probably paid to be there.
@blod141
Wonder if Starmer and his cronies will keep the heating of when it comes to winter? Oh, maybe not. Apparently, we pay for the bills in Downing Street. This man is absolutely disgusting. Hate,despise, and loath him and everything he stands for.
@janwhite6038
Will Labour be forced to pay Winter Fymuel Allowance?
@tvfun4516
Maybe Lord Alli would be generous enought to fill some of the black hole? Didn't vote for this Governent because I knew Starmer was a back stabbing Blairite neo liberal. Real socialists knew him for what he was! We needed Corbyn not this disgrace.
@kevt5251
we need to be patient…this prime minister will be gone…..because he has no glue or clue to align a policy….Rayner OMG nothing i can say even Starmer is worried. At the end of the day the people will win….we just have be sure its for best for People born in this country…VOTE OUT labour in the local elections that's where a lot of their power is. YOUR COMMUNITY
@suzannewhite-p8s
👍
@MutualAidWorks
Union leaders are part of the problem, they are too close to the Labour Party and they supported Starmer for the general election. Union bosses are also, in their own way, part of the establishment – their job is to divert and pacify the discontent of workers and negotiate social peace with the bosses. We need some real militant, autonomous, grass roots collective direct action and revolt and people need to completely reject this system and genuinely resist it.
@hanifahkaaba8067
Well said Sharon Graham!!!
@jaynepoland4615
Doesn’t just have to be taxing the rich what about the cost of migrants. The cost of net zero The list goes on.
@dizzyman123
I support the LG as some pensioners don't need winter fuel allowance, but the poorer pensioners would still require allowance of winter fuel 💡 ⚖️
@tonypetts6663
Like they'll take any notice.
@PollyTix007
Anti uk party
@PollyTix007
😂😂😂😂😂😂
@weecol1141
Labour and Tories are two cheeks of the same arse.
@kurtrumble440
Agree with the changes. I pay enough tax for it not to end up in rich pensioners pockets!
@dog79-p5l
😂
@stuartsimister5042
When the lunatics take over the asylum.
@RobertWallace-qh8lc
Starmer can't afford clothes, spectacles, tickets, accomodation, his wife's clothes.. lucky to have a friend like Lord Ali isn't he ??
@StephenSalisbury-k6l
Starmer is a hypocrite. He made a statement while he was in opposition claiming it was wrong the way pensioners were treated by the government. Every single time sunak was interviewed he claimed that labour would put income tax up if they were voted in. Starmer insured he wouldn’t.
So in my opinion he is taking from the pensioners instead . Gutless.
@debbywillan5165
No way this grassroots reaction would be seen in Canadian politics, anyone who tries would be tossed from the party.